Johnston and Harrison. — Mallophaga from the Kermadecs. -MV 



spot ou inner margin, with two bristles ; before and behind eye a narrow 

 marginal band ; occipital bands practically absent, being indicated only by 

 the inner margins of the even-coloured temporal lobes ; 6 hairs in front of 

 trabecula, and a very short bristle on its base ; 2 pairs of hairs on dorsal sur- 

 face in front of mandibles ; 2 hairs with a short spine between at temporal 

 angles, and 2 spines external o pro thorax on either side of hind margin. 



Prothorax projecting under occiput, with slightly diverging sides, 

 rounded angles, then converging sides to short, straight hind margin. 



Fig. 7. 

 Philopterus armatus. j 



Fig. 8. 



Philopterus (intuitu*. 

 Ventral. 3 . 



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Fig. 9. 

 Philopterus armatus. 



Fig. 10. 



Philopterus armatus 

 Ventral. ? . 



Where the converging sides meet the straight margin are two little folds 

 in the chitinous border. A single hair in the angle. A fairly strong 

 lateral band extending along more than one-third of hind margin. Meta- 

 thorax convexly divergent to a truncated postero-lateral angle, with 3 

 strong hairs ; hind margin obtusely rounded, strongly projecting on to 

 abdomen, with a series of about 20 pustulated hairs, in addition to the 

 6 already mentioned ; with short dark antero-lateral bands. 



